Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 13, 2005

Ravi Ganesan – Tricipher Inc

RAVI GANESAN, is the founder and CEO of TriCipher. A PhD cryptographer he has over fifteen years of experience in security both as a researcher and also having oversight of security for significant Corporations. At TriCipher, he has been actively involved in designing the product architecture, building the team, raising capital and working with customers and partners. Prior to TriCipher, Ravi served as Vice Chair and CTO for CheckFree Corporation, where he was part of the leadership team that led the Company through explosive revenue growth and to profitability. He previously served in a number of roles at Verizon Communications, and when he left he served as Vice President of Distributed Operations where he led the operations support teams for all distributed systems, desktops and networks and had responsibility for the security and business continuity teams. He was also in charge of all IT architecture. He holds several patents in the areas of security, billing and payment technology, and is an accomplished writer on both academic and non-academic topics. Ravi earned a PhD in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University in Madras, India. Profile
TWST: We like to begin if you will with a brief historical sketch of the

company and a picture of the things you are doing at the present time?

Mr. Ganesan: TriCipher was founded in the year